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SCHEDULE 1MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS

PART VBENEFITS FOR MEMBERS

Pensions for members—normal retirement pension

11.—(1) In the case of members who are or have been practitioners, regulation E1 (normal retirement pension) is modified so that the yearly rate of a member’s pension—

(a)in respect of officer service, will be equal to 1/80th of final year’s pensionable pay for each complete year of service, plus the relevant daily proportion for each additional day (as described in that regulation); and

(b)in respect of practitioner service will be equal to 1.4 per cent of the member’s uprated earnings.

(2) The member’s uprated earnings are to be calculated by uprating the member’s pensionable earnings in the manner determined by the Secretary of State after consulting such professional organisations as he considers appropriate.

Early retirement pension—ill health

12.—(1) In the case of members who are or have been practitioners, regulation E2 (early retirement pension (ill health)) is modified so that, if the member satisfies the requirements for a pension based on pensionable service that is increased under any of paragraphs (4) to (6) of that regulation—

(a)the member’s total pensionable service will be increased as described in whichever of those paragraphs applies;

(b)the length of the member’s officer service and practitioner service will each be increased by the proportion by which the member’s total pensionable service is increased; and

(c)for the purpose of calculating the member’s pension in respect of practitioner service, the member’s uprated earnings will then be increased by the same proportion as the member’s practitioner service is increased by under paragraph (b) above.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), “total pensionable service” includes both officer service and practitioner service but does not include any period of additional service that the member buys under regulation Q1 (right to buy additional service).

Early retirement pensions/employer’s consent

13.  A practitioner may not become entitled to a pension under regulation E4 (early retirement pension (employer’s consent)) as a result of the termination of pensionable employment as a practitioner.

Lump sum on member’s death in pensionable employment or after pension becomes payable

14.—(1) In the case of members who die in pensionable employment as practitioners, regulation F1 (lump sum when member dies in pensionable employment) is modified so that, in relation to the member’s employment as a practitioner, the reference to final year’s pensionable pay in regulation F1(2) is treated as a reference to the yearly average of the member’s uprated earnings at the date of death.

(2) In the case of members who die after a pension under the scheme in respect of practitioner service becomes payable, regulation F2 (lump sum payable on member’s death after pension becomes payable) is modified so that, in relation to the member’s employment as a practitioner, the reference to final year’s pensionable pay in regulation F2(2) is treated as a reference to the yearly average of the member’s uprated earnings at the date of death.